Posted on 01/18/2011 6:57:23 AM PST by markomalley
That would just be a fake, a ruse and insincere and unbelievable coming from them.
hey, I had a dream !
You know, I've been a teacher in an inner city high school for over 15 years and I just found out what that word means last year! Of course I've been cursed at for years and been called Cracker many times. But last time that happened I just had to ask the what that meant? So when I informed one of my black kids he was predictably FAILING the class (he wanted to pass without either doing any work AND without even coming to class) he just detonated. So here is the kid ranting and I suddenly interject with:
"Wait a second! I gotta ask: Why is the term CRACKER considered so bad? I mean, I really like SALTINES but I'm not so fond of the Ritz." The whole class was shocked speechless, eyes wide.
One of the kids said "That means WHIP CRACKER! You know like the slave masters?" And so I said:
"Okay I get that slavery was an awful institution, but you're still accusing me of being the BOSS. It's only horrible if you look at it from the perspective of having been a member of the oppressed race. See?" I could see they were rolling that one over and over in their minds. It wouldn't surprise me if these specific kids never used that term as a pejorative again.
That is an EXCELLENT story! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks neverdem.
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